Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-16
Coyote Gulch is looking up.


Wood Il Vincent's. 80
A carload Of seed potatoes at Currie
Il Schmidt's this week. 40
Pearson Il Co. have several Hrst-class
farms in this county for rent. 80
A few blades of green grass can oc-
casiOnally be seen on the prairie.
Early seed potatoes-a car load lot
received this week by Stamford, You
mans 81 Eldred. Al
LOsT-At the ball Friday night. an
Oriental lace handkerchief. Return to
w. NJ. Bronson.
Macy Il Tiff commenced making
brick yesterday and will have a kiln
burning in short time
DIR. Kessler arrived yesterday from
McFall. Mo-, where he is engaged in
the drug business.
Don't place your farm loan until you
have seen the new loan firm of Allen,
Oyerstreet II Ellis. 33
Movers wagons are passing through
Jul NlAl NNtl hO nCob viii oil NC
settled up this summer.
A marriage license was issued Mon
day to Samuel Hines, of Riley, Kans.,
and Miss Jennie Jackson, of this
county.
Attorney Overstreet returned, Satur-
day, from Stafford county, where he
spent two weeks in the Lovejoy-Glass-
cock litigation.
VIM. Gamer has disposed of his trans
fer business in this city, to Jas. b. Gano,
who has also taken charge of the S. w.
Omnibus Company.
Boardman F. Smith, president
of the COmanche County bank, was in
the city yesterday. lie is charmed
with his new business.
The first marriage solemnized in the
new court house occurred yesterday
when Judge Hardy performed the cere-
mony for Lon J. Piper aud Miss Lulu
NJ. Walters, both of this county.
Barber county was not the only suf-
ferer last Saturday from prairie fires.
a fire directly north of Harper did
much damage. AMI along the Arkansas
river considerable damage was done in
places.
III. G.. Thompson and s. l.. Shreves,
of this city have been appointed APP
praisers Of the Lovejoy Glasscock
stock of goods at Evansville, Conan
che county. and will go down there to-
day to commence the work.
Mr.. Taylor Nichols started to Kansas
City Monday morning, with a car load
of fat cattle. He will make visit to
Lafayette county, before he returns.
and perhaps buy few fine Missouri
mares with which to stock his farm.
On Saturday, March 26th, there will
he more fine horses exhibited in this
city than were ever seen together in
this county. Every owner of good
stallion or jack should bring them in.
and not be afraid some other man will
show better animal.
Attica Advocate: 1.-THE Lost Dutch
man Will be produced in Medicine
Lodge next Friday night by the cast
that produced it at this place a short
time ago, being all Attica talent. The
X. Of p. band will also go and furnish
the music. Mr.. Devendorf will give
our neighbors play worth attending"
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR THE BORROWER THAN CAN DE Of
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
Is PAYABLE AT THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING THE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
BY CALLING ON THEM BEFORE CON
TRACING FOR A LOAN ON YOUR FARM.
The Messrs. Shamberger, of Nodaway
county, Mo. three familes-who pur-
chased farms near Mingona several
weeks since, accompanied by family
named Abbott. and family named
Sale, arrived here last Thursday. They
are all well fixed financially, and, hav-
ing great faith in this county, they will
undoubtedly prove to be valuable citi-
zens. They expect a large colony of
their friends from Missouri during this
season.
Kiowa Herald Ear REV. James Z.
Roberts, of this city, returned from
Deerhead, northwest Barber county, on
Tuesday evening last, where he has
been engaged in a very successful
meeting. The NJ. L. Church there is
in very prosperous condition. 1t is
only five months since they organized
church at that place with thirteen
members, but during the last two
weeks the membership increased until
they number fifty"
The lumber business of the city is
new confined to three yards, the Wes-
tern Lumber company having yester-
day sold out to the Badger company,
the Chicago company and the Carey
company. IL is announced that the
effect of the int er-state commerce bill
has already been to raise the price of
lumber from one two dollars per thou
saud. Recent inquiries in this city
would indicate that there Is truth in
truth in the rumor.
Friday night, 18th inst, the Lost
Dutchman" will be presented in this
city by the home talent company of
Attica, with 5. V. Devendorf, of To-
peka, in the title role. The proceeds of
the entertainment will go to Eldred
post, e.. y. r., of this city. An excur-
sion train will arrive here from Attica
and Sharon Friday afternoon. accom-
panied by the X. z. band, of Attica.
This play is highly spoken of by the
newspapers, and Mr.. Devendorf, who
makes a speciality of presentingit. saws